Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient ScandinaviansH. G. Bohn, 1847 - 578 sider |
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Side 28
... coast of Africa , the Caffres and Hottentots of the Cape , the Congoese , & c . 7. The CENTRAL AFRICAN , or Negro Variety . The type being the Negro of Senegal . 8. The AUSTRALIAN Variety . The natives of Australia , and the Papous and ...
... coast of Africa , the Caffres and Hottentots of the Cape , the Congoese , & c . 7. The CENTRAL AFRICAN , or Negro Variety . The type being the Negro of Senegal . 8. The AUSTRALIAN Variety . The natives of Australia , and the Papous and ...
Side 44
... coast of Europe , we behold a nation , formed by the genial blending of Saxonic and Scandinavian tribes , arrived at a height of commercial prosperity and maritime greatness hitherto unparalleled . Ay , ' tis a pardonable vanity to ...
... coast of Europe , we behold a nation , formed by the genial blending of Saxonic and Scandinavian tribes , arrived at a height of commercial prosperity and maritime greatness hitherto unparalleled . Ay , ' tis a pardonable vanity to ...
Side 71
... coast of Sweden : monuments which bear so many marks of imposition , that at present they are by common consent thrown aside among the most ill - concerted impostures . The celebrated Rudbeck , a learned Swede , zealous for the glory of ...
... coast of Sweden : monuments which bear so many marks of imposition , that at present they are by common consent thrown aside among the most ill - concerted impostures . The celebrated Rudbeck , a learned Swede , zealous for the glory of ...
Side 93
... coast of Pomerania ( Germ . Antiq . , p . 134 ) . Yet as Tacitus places it in the ocean , it is more likely to have been the isle of Heligoland , which is not far from the mouth of the Elbe . The Angles ( Angli , from whom our English ...
... coast of Pomerania ( Germ . Antiq . , p . 134 ) . Yet as Tacitus places it in the ocean , it is more likely to have been the isle of Heligoland , which is not far from the mouth of the Elbe . The Angles ( Angli , from whom our English ...
Side 139
... coast of the Baltic from the Elbe to Esthonia - had a sea- port called Julin , situated in that part of the delta of the Oder that forms the present island of Wollin . Adam of Bremen , mentions Julin as being the largest and most ...
... coast of the Baltic from the Elbe to Esthonia - had a sea- port called Julin , situated in that part of the delta of the Oder that forms the present island of Wollin . Adam of Bremen , mentions Julin as being the largest and most ...
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abode Æsir afterwards ages Al-thing Anglo-Saxon appear arms Arnkill Asgard Baldur Bersi Bolli Cæsar called Celtic Celts century chieftain Christianity Cimbri coast Danish death deities Denmark derived divine doctrines earth Eddaic Poems Eirek etym fact father Finn Magnusen fire Freyja Frigga Gangler Gauls German giant gods Grágás Grimm Gudruna Harald heaven hence holmgang honour Hvergelmir Iceland inhabitants island Jarl Jomsburg Jötunheim king Kjartan Kormak land language laws Loki mallet manner Muspellheim mythology Njörd northern Northmen Norway Norwegian observed Odin Olaf Old Norse origin possession present prob probably Prose Edda race Ragnarök regarded religion remarks rendered replied respect Romans Runic Sagas Saxons sea-rovers serpent Skald Snorro Steingerda stones strophe Surtur sword Tacitus Teutonic nations thee thing Thor Thorarin Thorolf thou tion tribes Utgard-Loki Valhalla verse vessel Völuspá warriors wife word writers Yggdrasill Ymir
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Side 160 - A multitude, like which the populous North Pour'd never from her frozen loins, to pass Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the South, 'and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands.
Side 140 - OH ! haste and leave this sacred isle, " Unholy bark, ere morning smile ; " For on thy deck, though dark it be, " A female form I see ; " And I have sworn this sainted sod " Shall ne'er by woman's feet be trod.
Side 193 - Byzantine court; and they preserved, till the last age of the empire, the inheritance of spotless loyalty and the use of the Danish or English tongue. With their broad and double-edged battle-axes on their shoulders, they attended the Greek emperor to the temple, the senate, and the hippodrome ; he slept and feasted under their trusty guard ; and the keys of the palace, the treasury, and the capital were held by the firm and faithful hands of the Varangians...
Side 43 - Upreared of human hands. Come, and compare Columns and idol-dwellings — Goth or Greek — With Nature's realms of worship, earth and air — Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer!
Side 510 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Side 443 - Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting up the cat, and to tell thee the truth, when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we were all of us terror-stricken, for what thou tookest for a cat was in reality the Midgard serpent that encompasseth the earth, and he was so stretched by thee, that he was barely long enough to enclose it between his head and tail.
Side 441 - ... if thou showest no greater prowess in other feats than methinks will be shown in this.
Side 400 - Gangler thus began his discourse: 'Who is the first or eldest of the gods?' "'In our language,' replied Har, 'he is called Alfadir (All-Father, or the Father of All) ; but in the old Asgard he -had twelve names.
Side 446 - JEsir, at their meetings, to get Balder to stand up and serve them as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swords and battle-axes, for do...
Side 443 - ... have brought me so near to a great mishap, I would not have suffered thee to enter this time. Know then that I have all along deceived thee by my illusions ; first in the forest, where I tied up the wallet with iron wire so that thou couldst not untie it.